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来自1000个SDSS星系的紫外到红外光谱能量分布:尘埃衰减

Ultraviolet through Infrared Spectral Energy Distributions from 1000 SDSS Galaxies: Dust Attenuation

Benjamin D. Johnson, David Schiminovich, Mark Seibert, Marie Treyer, D. Christopher Martin, Tom A. Barlow, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Patrick Morrissey, S… 展开作者

Benjamin D. Johnson, David Schiminovich, Mark Seibert, Marie Treyer, D. Christopher Martin, Tom A. Barlow, Karl Forster, Peter G. Friedman, Patrick Morrissey, Susan G. Neff, Todd Small, Ted K. Wyder, Luciana Bianchi, Jose Donas, Timothy M. Heckman, Young-Wook Lee, Barry F. Madore, Bruno Milliard, R. Michael Rich, Alex S. Szalay, Barry Y. Welsh, Sukyoung K. Yi

摘要:

星系演化模型与观测结果之间的有意义的比较关键取决于对尘埃衰减的准确处理。为了研究星系中尘埃的吸收和发射,我们收集了一个约1000个星系的样本,通过GALEX,SDSS和Spitzer的红外(IR)测光和SDSS的光谱学进行紫外(UV)测量。红外与紫外辐射的比值(IRX)被用来限制星系中尘埃的衰减。我们使用4000 A的突破作为一个强大的和有用的,虽然粗糙,恒星形成历史(SFH)的指标。我们研究IRX和紫外光谱斜率(一个常见的衰减指标,在高红移)之间的关系,并发现4000 A的断裂强度的散射的依赖性很小。我们构造了不同IRX、4000 A破裂强度和恒星质量(M *)范围内的平均紫外-远红外光谱能量分布(SED),以显示整个SED随这些参数的变化。当同时用IRX、4000 A断裂强度和M_* 进行面元划分时,这些SED可用于确定不同M_* 范围的低分辨率平均衰减曲线。由此导出的衰减曲线符合λ ^{-0.7}衰减规律,并且我们发现随M_* 的变化不明显。最后,我们给出了IRX与全球恒星质量表面密度和气相金属丰度的关系。在恒星形成星系中,我们发现IRX和恒星质量表面密度之间有很强的相关性,即使在恒定的金属丰度下,这一结果与众所周知的IRX和恒星形成率之间的相关性密切相关。

英文摘要:

The meaningful comparison of models of galaxy evolution to observations is critically dependent on the accurate treatment of dust attenuation. To investigate dust absorption and emission in galaxies we have assembled a sample of ~1000 galaxies with ultraviolet (UV) through infrared (IR) photometry from GALEX, SDSS, and Spitzer and optical spectroscopy from SDSS. The ratio of IR to UV emission (IRX) is used to constrain the dust attenuation in galaxies. We use the 4000A break as a robust and useful, although coarse, indicator of star formation history (SFH). We examine the relationship between IRX and the UV spectral slope (a common attenuation indicator at high-redshift) and find little dependence of the scatter on 4000A break strength. We construct average UV through far-IR spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for different ranges of IRX, 4000A break strength, and stellar mass (M_*) to show the variation of the entire SED with these parameters. When binned simultaneously by IRX, 4000A break strength, and M_* these SEDs allow us to determine a low resolution average attenuation curve for different ranges of M_*. The attenuation curves thus derived are consistent with a lambda^{-0.7} attenuation law, and we find no significant variations with M_*. Finally, we show the relationship between IRX and the global stellar mass surface density and gas-phase-metallicity. Among star forming galaxies we find a strong correlation between IRX and stellar mass surface density, even at constant metallicity, a result that is closely linked to the well-known correlation between IRX and star-formation rate.

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